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- Are you a dentist looking for new challenges?
- Do you want to improve your dental English?
- Join us and learn how to talk with your patients in different clinical situations
- My name is Natalia, I’m a dentist and I’m here to help you
A: Good morning, Mr Johnson, how are you?
B: Good morning, Doctor Natalia, I’m not feeling well. I have a terrible toothache, since last week.
A: I’m really sorry to hear that, please tell me on which side of your mouth are you feeling pain?
B: It’s my right side, probably lower, maybe last tooth, it is also radiating towards my ear. I can’t sleep or swallow properly.
A: I understand. I also noticed that you are a little bit swollen on the right side of your face.B: Yes, my wife told me that too, please help me, doctor.
A: I will now perform an intraoral and extraoral examination, and I will also refer you to a panoramic radiograph.
B: Ok, thank you, doctor.
Little dictionary (mały słownik)
Toothache – ból zęba
On which side of your mouth – po której stronie
Pana/Pani buzi
Pain – ból
Radiating pain – ból promieniujący
To swallow – przełykać
Swollen – opuchnięty
Intraoral examination – badanie wewnątrzustne
Extraoral examination – badanie zewnątrzustne
Refer somebody to – skierować kogoś na…
Panoramic radiograph – zdjęcie panoramiczne
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